Kestas
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If I have my hand out when watching tv, my dog will park itself under my hand and slowly raise its head for pets.
I have two male Bengal cats, brothers, two years old. They eat a lot, small cans of Fancy Feast. Somewhere between 2 am and 4 am, one of the cats will start vocalizing to get me up to feed them. Second step is to get on the headboard of the bed and reach down with a paw and poke me on the scalp. Then, get under the bed covers and nip and paw at my toes.
Its usually time for me to get up anyway for a bathroom visit, so I put up with this. Otherwise, they are marvelous companions and I am pleased to be their guardian.
Two cats (same age-same litter) been with us since 2008. Always been together. Two food bowls side by side. One eats a lot more. Yet she will not touch the other cats food if hers is empty. I can actually tell one go find the other and they will go outside and return together. Well one will do that and take commands like she knows what you are saying. The other not so much. They are Nowrwegian Forest cats with the big mains around the necks in winter. There is a pet door to the garage from outside. We can leave for as much a week to two and they are fine. Funny that when we return they sound like they are fussing us when we first get back. My sons / grandkids get a kick out of them and when they visit and see me comand them & they do what I tell them. They all laugh and call me "the cat wrangler."If we don't get up soon enough to feed the cat, first she'll yowl at us, but that progresses on to chewing on the tag hanging off our comforter. She knows she's not supposed to chew on things, but once she knows she has our attention she stops.
We took care of a friend's German Shorthaired Pointer for 3 months, in our home, years ago. The dog was used to having run of the owner's place, sleeping in bed with him, etc. I set the same rule - no dog in the bedroom. The first night he followed along happily as I was heading to bed, I turned around and told him to sit and then shut the door on him. He wimpered for a few minutes and then slid one of his paws under the door. Just sat there like that for a while.Doggo knows he’s not allowed in our room (my one safe space), but he just has to know what’s going on. If the bedroom door isn‘t fully shut he slowly sticks just his nose in the crack and stays there indefinitely, quietly monitoring the situation. If he hears something he’ll nudge the door open fully and again sit there staring at us...
We took care of a friend's German Shorthaired Pointer for 3 months, in our home, years ago. The dog was used to having run of the owner's place, sleeping in bed with him, etc. I set the same rule - no dog in the bedroom. The first night he followed along happily as I was heading to bed, I turned around and told him to sit and then shut the door on him. He wimpered for a few minutes and then slid one of his paws under the door. Just sat there like that for a while.
He figured out pretty quick that I was serious so he decided to make his bed on one of the couches. I came down in the morning and there he was with the cushions all over the place arranged to his liking. That was our arrangement for the rest of his stay
jeff